Meat Grinder - Advisory Associate KPMG Employee Review

1.0
13 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people there are great. The salary and benefits are good. Some nice perks from time to time.

Cons

Training is a joke. Management has no idea on how to cultivate decent workers. Asking about and making suggestions about training actually made my manager angry and she told me to just go online and take to the training. If you are an experienced worker, this is not the place for you. On multiple occasions I was told it was easier for them to deal with kids right out of college. Some directors are definitely off kilter, they will yell at people in the middle of the floor, rather than have a discussion. If you aren't in a clique, good luck getting promoted. KPMG definitely plays favorites. Had to travel on very short notice on several occasions, less then 1 day notice. Work/Life balance is joke. They will tell you busy season is 50 hours weeks, but more like 70. Senior management is more concerned about keeping status quo rather than actually trying to make the department better. Management will put people on performance reviews and force them to leave. They will give either 30 days to improve your performance or you can voluntarily leave the company. This way KPMG can say that they are not doing layoffs.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

It might sound cliche but the Pro for me is the people that I work with. I'm lucky enough to be staffed in a team with great leadership. Managers are actually willing to coach junior members and be a real mentor. I very much appreciate their efforts.

Cons

Long hours and office politics. This is pretty basic and obvious for any public accounting firms. Every time a quarter end, year end, or a special filing is going out, you can expect 10-14 hour days. It might be fine in your early career but it gets really tiring after a few years.

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